Best Poker Players without a WSOP Bracelet A total of 1,689 World Series of Poker Gold Bracelets have been awarded in the competition’s existence and is often the first bit of hardware that poker players aspire to win at the beginning of their careers.
However, there are a host of top name players who have found it difficult to etch their name in the history books of the WSOP. PokerNews last looked at the best poker players not to win a Gold Bracelet in 2018 and since then, the likes of Stephen Chidwick , Shawn Buchanan and Ari Engel have taken their names off of that list with their bracelet event triumphs in 2019.
As a result, there are now some free spaces in the top ten who have yet to win at the WSOP and you can find out who made the cut by reading to the bottom. One entry to the list could be seen as controversial so stick to the end to find out who that could be.
Note: This list looks at primarily poker tournament players or who are regular names in the tournament circuit. This excludes the likes of Tom Dwan and popular high stakes cash game players like Garrett Adelstein and Andy Stacks .
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It should be no surprise that Dan Smith’s name should appear at the top of the list. The fifth-placed player on the All Time Money List , Smith has over $37.5 million in total live earnings and has added a further four career wins to his resume, winning a PokerGO Tour , World Poker Tour , Super High Roller Bowl Online and Poker Masters Online title, since this topic was last discussed.
The High Roller has eight podium finishes in WSOP events including two second-places and although Smith has downplayed the importance of winning his first WSOP bracelet, despite three PokerNews staff members tipping him to break his duck in 2021. Despite these feelings, if Smith is able to capture a win on at the WSOP, he […]
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